Gerhard Wagner (writer)

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Gerhard Wagner

Gerhard Gottfried Wagner (born May 1, 1950 in Bietigheim ; died July 18, 2011 in Stuttgart ) was a German writer .

From the age of 7, Wagner grew up in Franconia . After an apprenticeship in bookselling in Fürth and the subsequent community service, he lived two times for several months between 1972 and 1974 in Cill Rónáin on Inishmore , an island off the west coast of Ireland . After returning from Ireland he worked half a week as a bookseller to make a living, otherwise he devoted himself to writing. A first story appeared in 1971.

In 1975 he founded the Nürnberger Blätter für Literatur , which he published until 1980. In it (1975) also the first publication by Gerhard Falkner . The journal was continued from 1980 to 1990 by the writer and radio author Reinhard Knodt under the title "Nürnberger Blätter - Journal for Philosophy and Literature". Wagner attended a seminary in Stuttgart until 1982.

Wagner lived in the Gaisburg district of Stuttgart since 1984 . In 1997 he founded a referendum directed against the spelling reform , the "Gaisburger March against the Rechdschreiprephorm" (named after the Gaisburger March , a Swabian stew).

Until his death, Wagner worked on an extensive work on life around the Gaisburger gas boiler , the largest disk gas container still in operation in Europe, against the background of the aftermath of National Socialism.

Wagner died after a long illness on July 18, 2011 and was buried in the Prague cemetery in Stuttgart .

Awards and honors

  • 1978 Culture Prize of the City of Erlangen for Literature
  • 1988 Literature grant from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation
  • 1990 annual scholarship for literature from the Ministry of Science and Art in Baden-Württemberg

Publications

  • Accumulations. A Lovestory. Illustrations by Wolfgang Turba. Raith, Starnberg 1971. ISBN 3-921121-14-0
  • Have a nice Weekend. Stories. Benziger, Zurich and Cologne 1975. ISBN 3-545-36240-X
  • The days are getting longer. Narrative. Benziger, Zurich and Cologne 1978. ISBN 3-545-36278-7
  • Logbook for the man in the moon. Prose pictures. Nagel u. Kimche, Zurich 1988. ISBN 3-312-00139-0
  • Martin Frischauf (Ed.): Stuttgart celebrates the World Cup with friends from all over the world. The 2006 FIFA World Cup. Text by Gerhard Wagner. Neuer Sportverlag, Stuttgart 2006. ISBN 3-938023-13-9 . New edition under the title Germany's most beautiful fan curve. ISBN 3-938023-16-3
  • Schiller and the Holocaust . Folder with illustrated leaflet. Buchdruckerei zu Tobolsko, Stuttgart 2009. ISBN 978-3-00-026491-7

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personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wagner, Gerhard Gottfried (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Bietigheim-Bissingen
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 2011
Place of death Stuttgart